Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy.He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow,will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him. – Psalm 126:5-6 (NIV)

Hope Harvesters™: Gathering Hope, Peace and Joy, In the Midst of Life's Hurts

Thursday, March 13, 2014

The Lord Is My Banner

I would like to introduce you to a friend of mine, Diane Bailey, from dianewbailey.net.She has become an amazing encourager, someone that truly points to harvestable Truth and Hope in my life, so I'm thrilled to be teaming up with her to launch a new series on her blog today! (I apologize for the formatting issues in today's post. After several hours of striving to repair all these glitches, I've concluded that Blogger and I just aren't playing well together today! Please don't let my technical issues keep you from taking a couple moments to soak up the blessing of Diane's words!) Welcome, Diane! Thank you for letting me share your thoughts. I pray my readers are as deeply blessed as I am.

I’m beginning a new series on this blog. For the next few weeks I’ll post a name of God offer this blog as a place for prayer.

Our name of God today is Jehovah-Nissi, TheLord Is My Banner.

We have all seen the famous sculpture of the men at Iwo Jima raising the United States flag atop of Mount Saribachi. Two men pressing the pole’s end into the ground, with three other men raise the flag high. It is said, they raised the flag in hopes it could be seen on the neighboring island, where others were fighting; a sign of victory and encouragement.

Photos of Flag Raising Credit – Wikipedia

Moses stood on a hill with his hands raised high as Joshua and his army battled the Amaleks below. As Long as Moses’ hands were lifted high Joshua’s army would win, but when his hands were lowered the Amalaks would win.

When the battle was finally over, and the victory won, Moses built an alter to the Lord and named it, “The Lord is My Banner."

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Jesus reminds us in John 16:33, “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you will have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”

In all of our tribulations, God buries a pole beside us with His flag of victory waving above our head. In Christ, you are more than a conqueror.

“Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:37-39)

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